Aerial cableway.



W. E. JOHNSON.

AERIAL CABLEWAY.

APPLICATION FILED IULYZI. 1914. RENEWED MAY 4.191s.

1,159,390. v Patented Nov. 9,1915.

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WILLIAM EDWARD JOHNSON, OF FENWICK, WEST VIRGINIA.

AERIAL CABLEWAY.

Application filed July 27, 1914, Serial No. 853,556.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1,.VVILLIAM E. J OHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fenwick, in the county of Nicholas and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Aerial Cableway, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in aerial cableways, one object of the invention, being the provision of means, whereby one carrying member may pass another carrying member upon the same cable, without interference, one member constituting a bridging member for the other, so that the cable engaging pulleys of the other member may be passed thereupon at the point of intersection of the two members.

A further object of the present invention, is the provision of novel crossing members, one of which is provided with a centrally disposed supporting portion while the other of which is provided with a plurality of oppositely disposed supporting portions that are disposed so as to fit astride the centrally disposed portion.

iVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made Within the scope of what is claimed Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a perspective view of the two members of the cableway in the position they assume when one crosses the other, the cableway or section of the cableway being shown. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the riding member. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view through the lower member of the present device.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the cableway, and 2 one of the carrying members. The member 2 is a hollow substantially U-shaped member in cross section and has a plurality of transverse pins or bolts 3 disposed therein. Two of these form journals for cable engaging pulleys 4. The central pin 3 constitutes a fastening means for securing the U-shaped supporting member 5 in position, the ter- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

Renewed May 4, 1915. Serial No. 25,849.

minals of the same as at 6 being hooked to provide a proper support for the hopper adapted to be carried thereby. The upper surface of the member 2 is provided with the oppositely inclined ends 7, the ends adjacent'the cable of which are adapted to receive the rollers 8 of the upper carrying member so that the same may be guided thereover as illustrated in Fig. 1, thus permitting the two members to pass at the point of intersection upon the cable 1 without interference.

The rollers S are journaled upon the pins 9 mounted in the walls of the member 9 the depending lug 16 of the member 9 is projected between the parallel portions 10 of the metal frame, being attached thereto for swinging movement by the bolt 17. The metal frame is attached by the bolt 11 to the cross bar 12. The terminals 13 of the metal frame are apertured to receive the bolts 14, which are connected at their upper ends to the outer ends of the cross bar 11. The two pairs of rollers or pulleys 15 are journaled in the bar 12, the terminals 13 being slotted as at 18, so that cables (not shown) passing over the pulleys 15 will pass through the slots 18.

It will thus be seen that with this form of invention, that either one of the carrying members may be pulled in opposite direc tions and at a point of intersection, the member carrying the roller 8 will pass above the member 2 being guided thereupon similarly to being guided upon the cable, the carrying members 5 and 15 being in non-interfering relation to each other.

It will also be noted that the member 5 is so supported as to be permitted a slight tilting or carrying movement, thus insuring the proper straight pull of the load carried thereby.

A double pulley sheave 19 is attached to the upper end of the bolt 11, and thus provides a connecting means for the haul-cable (not shown) of the upper member.

What is claimed is:

1. An aerial cableway, comprising a carrying cable, and two carrying elements for movements thereupon, one of said elements being provided with a curved pulley receiving surface and the other member of which is provided with a centrally disposed pulley with the body portion disposed to be at right angles to the body portion of the first member, whereby the central pulley of the'latter will pass over the other at a point of intersection without interference.

2. An aerial cableway, having a single supporting cable, and two carriages movable thereupon, one of said carriages being grooved longitudinally to fit upon the cable and having an upper surface tapered from its center toward the ends to form a pulley guide, the second carriage being provided with a single pulley carrying member for engaging the cable and for passing upon the guiding surface of the other carriage, whereby the carriages may pass each other at a point of intersection.

3. An aerial cableway, having a single supporting cable, and two carriages movable thereupon, one of said carriages being grooved longitudinally to fit upon the cable and having an upper surface tapered from its center toward the ends to form a pulley guide, the second carriage being provided with a single pulley carrying member for engaging the cable and for passage upon the guiding surface of the other carriage, whereby the carriages may pass each other at a point of intersection, the pulley provided member comprising a cross bar, a metal frame having an inverted U-shaped centrally disposed portion with two oppositely disposed arms, the pulley carrying member being journaled in the inverted U- shaped portion, and two bolts for attaching the free terminals thereof to the terminals of the cross bar.

4. An aerial cable way, having a single supporting cable, two carriages movable thereupon, one of said carriages being grooved longitudinally to fit upon the cable and having an upper surface tapered from its center toward the ends to form a pulley guide, the second carriage being provided with a single pulley carrying member for engaging the cable and for passage upon the guiding surface of the other carriage, whereby the carriages may pass each other at a point of intersection, and an inverted U- shaped load carrying member attached to and carried centrally of the grooved carriage. V

5. An aerial cableway, having a single supporting cable, two carriages movable thereupon, one of said carriages being grooved longitudinally to fit upon the cable and having an upper surface tapered from its center towardthe ends to form a pulley guide, the second carriage being provided with a single pulley carrying member for engaging the cable and for passage upon the guiding surface of the other carriage, whereby the carriages may pass each otherrata point of intersection, the pulley provided member comprising a cross bar, a metal frame having an inverted U-shaped centrally disposed portion withtwo oppositely disposed arms, the pulley carrying member being journaled in the inverted U-shaped portion, two bolts for attaching the free ter- 7 minals thereof to the terminals of the cross bar and constituting a" load supporting Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

